EXPERIENCE

Developed a novel ‘Trajectory-optimized Perturbation Feedback Control (T-PFC)’ algorithm for optimal motion planning
and control of robots in a fully-observed setting

Demonstrated a near-identical performance of T-PFC with Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm on a simulated car-like
robot with trailers attached and a Quadrotor, while requiring as low as 100 times lesser computational power

Investigated the loss in the propeller thrust efficiency of a quadrotor under the influence of vertically aligned hovering of
another overlying quadrotor using a novel strain-gauge based thrust sensor

Conducted extensive experimental and software analyses, and formulated a theoretical explanation based on empirical results

Intern - Laboratory for Information and Control Systems, KAIST, South Korea May - Jul’15

Autonomous Control of UAVs, Path planning and Obstacle Avoidance

Developed a control interface for small autonomous quadrotors in a GPS denied environment and designed an extended
kalman filter based sensor fusion of onboard sensors with VICON motion capturing system

Executed path planning for a quadrotor UAV based on RRT star algorithm in an indoor arena under static obstacles

Worked on several club projects including the design of various quadrotors, an octocopter, 2 fixed-wing aircrafts and a
hand-gesture controlled mini-helicopter, and exhibited them in IIT-Guwahati’s annual technical festival

Mentored junior members by conducting workshops on design and control of UAVs, and software development on ROS and
Pixhawk autopilot

Technothlon City Representative - Warangal City Dec’13 - Jul’14

Conducted workshops in schools to raise awareness about Technothlon, an international school championship exam conducted
by IIT Guwahati, which resulted in 500+ student registrations

Administered Technothlon-2014 in Warangal city for a participation of 500+ school students

ACCOLADES

Recipient of the Travel award from the department of Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, for research presentation at ICRA’19, Montreal, Canada.

Recipient of the Center Sector Scheme (CSS) scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD),
Government of India for the past five years for securing 98.2% (top 0.1 th percentile) score in 12 th class school board exams

Received financial support as a visiting research scholar from KAIST, South Korea